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Enable different Apache modules

LDAP

Bitnami stacks already ship the LDAP module installed in Apache but it is not enabled by default. To enable this module, follow these steps:

  • Enable the LDAP module. Edit the main Apache configuration file located at installdir/apache2/conf/httpd.conf. Uncomment the mod_authnz_ldap line and add the mod_ldap line at the end of the LoadModule section:

    ...
LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
...
LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so

  • Restart Apache server and check it is already enabled:

    $ sudo installdir/ctlscript.sh restart apache
$ installdir/apache2/bin/apachectl -M | grep ldap
...
authnz_ldap_module (shared)
ldap_module (shared)
...

mod_evasive

Follow these steps:

  • Download the latest version:

    $  git clone https://github.com/jzdziarski/mod_evasive/

  • Build, configure and install the module:

    $ cd mod_evasive
$ cp mod_evasive{20,24}.c
$ sed s/remote_ip/client_ip/g -i mod_evasive24.c
$ sudo apxs -i -a -c mod_evasive24.c

  • Update the Apache module configuration:

    $ sudo sed 's@Include "installdir/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf"@Include "installdir/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf"\nInclude "installdir/apache2/conf/modevasion.conf"@' -i installdir/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
$ sudo tee installdir/apache2/conf/modevasion.conf <<EOF
#increases size of hash table. Good, but uses more RAM."
DOSHashTableSize    3097"
#Interval, in seconds, of the page interval."
DOSPageInterval     1"
#Interval, in seconds, of the site interval."
DOSSiteInterval     1"
#period, in seconds, a client is blocked.  The counter is reset to 0 with every access within this interval."
DOSBlockingPeriod   10"
#threshold of requests per page, per page interval.  If hit == block."
DOSPageCount        2"
#threshold of requests for any object by the same ip, on the same listener, per site interval."
DOSSiteCount        50"
#locking mechanism prevents repeated calls.  email can be sent when host is blocked (leverages the following by default "/bin/mail -t %s")"
DOSEmailNotify      mbrown@domainy.com"
#locking mechanism prevents repeated calls.  A command can be executed when a host is blocked.  %s is the host IP."
#DOSSystemCommand    \"su - someuser -c \'/sbin/... %s ...\'\""
#DOSLogDir           \"/var/lock/mod_evasive\""
#whitelist an IP., leverage wildcards, not CIDR, like 127.0.0.*"
#DOSWhiteList 127.0.0.1"
EOF

  • Restart Apache:

    $ sudo installdir/ctlscript.sh restart apache

mod_proxy_html

Follow these steps:

  • Download the latest version:

    $ wget http://apache.webthing.com/mod_proxy_html/mod_proxy_html.tar.bz2

  • Extract the content and install the module:

    $ tar -jxf mod_proxy_html.tar.bz2
$ cd mod_proxy_html/
$ sudo apxs -c -I installdir/common/include/libxml2 -I. -i mod_proxy_html.c
$ sudo chmod 755 installdir/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_html.so
$ sudo apxs -c -I installdir/common/include/libxml2 -I. -i mod_xml2enc.c
$ sudo chmod 755 installdir/apache2/modules/mod_xml2enc.so

  • Enable the module by including the lines below in the installdir/apache2/conf/httpd.conf configuration file:

    LoadFile installdir/common/lib/libxml2.so
LoadModule proxy_html_module modules/mod_proxy_html.so
LoadModule xml2enc_module modules/mod_xml2enc.so

mod_security

Bitnami stacks already ship the mod_security2 module installed in Apache but it is not enabled by default. To enable this module, follow these steps:

  • Enable the mod_security2 and mod_unique_id modules in Apache. Edit the main Apache configuration file and uncomment the unique_id_module and add the mod_security line at the end of the LoadModule section:

    ...
LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
...
LoadModule security2_module modules/mod_security2.so

  • Add the default configuration file for mod_security at the end of the Apache configuration file:

    Include "installdir/apache2/conf/modsecurity.conf"

  • Restart Apache server and check it is already enabled:

    $ sudo installdir/ctlscript.sh restart apache
$ tail installdir/apache2/logs/error_log

...
 [Thu Jan 30 18:42:14.004246 2014] [:notice] [pid 1127] ModSecurity for Apache/2.6.7 (http://www.modsecurity.org/) configured.
...

mod_xsendfile

Bitnami LAMP/MAMP/WAMP stacks 5.4.13-2 and later include the mod_xsendfile module. To enable this module, add the following line in the Apache configuration file:

LoadModule xsendfile_module modules/mod_xsendfile.so

If you are using an older version, it is easy to install this module into your existing Apache server. If you are using a native installer, you must install the necessary compilation tools first. Follow these steps:

  • Download the latest version:

    $ wget https://tn123.org/mod_xsendfile/mod_xsendfile-0.12.tar.gz

  • Extract the content and install the module:

    $ tar -xzvf mod_xsendfile-0.12.tar.gz
$ cd mod_xsendfile-0.12
$ sudo installdir/apache2/bin/apxs -aci mod_xsendfile.c

If everything goes well, the module will be installed to installdir/apache2/modules/mod_xsendfile.so. Check the mod_xsenfile configuration page to find out how to configure this module for your application.

mod_http2

Bitnami stacks ship with the mod_http2 module installed, but it is not enabled by default. To enable this module, follow these steps:

  • Edit the main Apache configuration file at installdir/apache2/conf/httpd.conf and uncomment the line below so that it looks like this:

    ...
LoadModule http2_module modules/mod_http2.so

  • Restart Apache and confirm that the module is active:

    $ sudo installdir/ctlscript.sh restart apache
$ sudo apachectl -M | grep http2
Last modification September 3, 2019